(May 7, 2016 at 2:20 pm)TubbyTubby Wrote: So let me get this straight. You're saying that a day and a month in the bible are what we know them to be but a year could be anything. If a year was shorter so as to make the myths of people living 1000 years a bit more realistic what is it? How old was Noah really when he died? 100, 80, 200?Nupe again. What I've said repeatedly but you seem to be obvlious to is that before the Egyptians in this case the exodus forward NO ONE KNOWS (this includes any secular organization as well) How calendars were kept. So from Exodus forward we have the Jewish 12 or 13 Month calendar.
Quote:I'm interested in how it pans out when the bible tells us that some men had their first child at 60 or 70 years old. If we say Noah was 100, they would have fathered at 6. Nahor would have been dead at 15 but fathered 8 children.Well then there are guesstimates as to what a year equaled to depending one which of the the secular calendars you want to believe these men used. Your going to have to google them for yourself. As I don't care enough to lay it all out for you.
Quote:What's the rough ratio that we should be using to calculate OT years Drich.I don't. If asked I simply point out the unknown.
Quote: Don't keep saying it's not a year but could 'float' around to be any length you want but won't actually commit.Again as I pointed out years sometimes in some cultures were based on harvest cycles or river floods. Their was no interest in keeping a celestial account, but they did keep a count of harvests before the winter/dead period. If two harvests/floods could be reaped then for them that "span" would equal two to your one year. however if nothing was able to be harvest/flood one whole year then two of our years would go by and only be counted as one for them.
You Can not Put a time ratio on it as the records will always be lost. what you 'smart people' can't seem to get is that This isn't just a bible thing. this across the board.
Quote:Whatever ratio you pick to try and shift one bible myth bullshit story into something realistic, it sends other myths into deeper levels of absurdity and you fucking know it which is why you're so vague. A year in the OT is 365 fucking days and you know it.Hey stupid read some of the links I provided for you. The Jews Now don't count a 365 day year. they count 7, 30 day months and 5, 29 day months which equals 355 days unles it is a year that contains a leap month then the calendar year contains 385 days.
So tell me some more how Adam knew of and use the Gregorian calendar (something not in use till 1588)
Quote: The fact that it doesn't make sense to have 1000 year old men should alert you to the fact that you are reading a book of myths. Instead you try to twist it so that you can accept the bullshit as truth.Look whether those men were a 100 or 1000 or even 10,000 of our years nothing changes for me. I am simply point out your ignorance so you do not make a fool of yourself to those who know better. If you don't care how people view your shameful ignorance of basic history, then please explain how someone who lived 6000 years ago is supposed to use a 400+ year old calendar.
Pathetic.